Signwriting, Specialist Decorating

Ammonium Carbonate

Starting at: £9.70

Ammonium Carbonate is a highly Alkaline substance that reacts with the lactic acid present in casein to form a robust binder for tempera paints. It should only be used in a well-ventilated area, please see below for the Material Safety Data Sheet. Learn More

Gum Copal Manila

Starting at: £6.00

Gum Copal Manila is derived from the resin of a coniferous tree native to the Philippines. It is not to be confused with other copals, which are the product of fossilised plant materials. It can be dissolved in alcohol to make a spirit varnish, to be used as a substitute for shellac, or as a fixative for pastel and charcoal drawings. Please note, that when used as a fixative it may darken the colour of the image. Learn More

Lefranc Flashe 80 ml

Starting at: £10.30

Flashe vinyl colours, like resin-based acrylic paints, can be diluted with water, dry very quickly and become insoluble once dry providing lasting flexibility and excellent preservation. They have an even matt finish which recalls primitive Italian fresco painting. This makes Flashe the ideal medium for all artworks to be photographed. Also popular for illustration, graphics, comics, model making, fresco and interior mural decoration. Learn More

Brodie & Middleton Methylated Spirit

Starting at: £12.20

Solvent for shellac flakes. Learn More

da Vinci Series 1105 Short Handled Rigger

Starting at: £9.30

High quality Kolinsky Sable rigger with short handle. Learn More

da Vinci Series 5519 Squirrel/Sable Liner

Starting at: £23.95

Unusual combination of squirrel body and red sable tip facilitating the painting of long continuous lines. Learn More

da Vinci Series 17 Liner

Starting at: £47.80

Sable reservoir and sable point. Learn More

Roberson Flogger

Starting at: £23.80

Roberson Flogger Long whippy bristles produce a wood-grain effect when struck against the glaze. It is usual to drag the glaze with the shorter haired Dragger Brush before flogging. Learn More

Roberson Badger Softener

Starting at: £40.80

Roberson Badger Softener Ideal for softening, feathering, marbling or blending oil paints. Also used in glasswork and ceramics. Learn More

Roberson Stipplers

Starting at: £26.00

Roberson Stipplers Use to produce a variety of painted effects. Apply with various pressure into wet glaze or paint reveal speckles of underlying colour, from fine freckles to soft mottling. Can be used to soften areas of colour by swirling the brush to distribute the paint evenly. Learn More